[Tuesday, February 19, 2008 - 08.15 GMT]  

Sri Lanka has offered to host the consultations of the South-East Asia Regional Group (SEAR) of the World Health Organization on the Protocol on the illicit trade in Tobacco Products in October 2008. 

The offer was made during the First Session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Body on a Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products which concluded in Geneva on Friday (February 15). The Conference was attended by delegates from over 150 countries, observers, organizations and NGOs.  

Sri Lanka together with the other members of the SEAR actively participated in the deliberations both at the regional consultative meetings as well as the plenary sessions, in respect of the template of the Protocol on Illicit Trade in Tobacco Products prepared by an expert group appointed by the secretariat of the Convention of Tobacco Control.

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Last Updated Date: February 19, 2008 - 8.15 GMT